Fractional Chief of Staff
A Fractional Chief of Staff isn't just a title—it's strategic partnership, systems-building, and operational leadership tailored to what your organization actually needs.
Sometimes it takes more than strong winds to pollinate a big idea.
When a company can’t yet support a full-time marketing and communications executive—or needs temporary, strategic leadership during a transition—a fractional executive helps keep momentum, clarity, and culture intact.
The Pollinator Group offers interim executive leadership, providing inclusive marketing, project management, communications support, and fractional Chief of Staff services for action-leaders and progressive brands.
Retained by Apple TV+, Salesforce, Indeed. Serving CA, OR & WA.
“Creative enough to imagine the future. Operational enough to deliver it.”
With 15+ years supporting high-growth environments, Hasina Deary brings C-suite–caliber thought partnership grounded in lived experience, systems thinking, and a deep understanding of how people, processes, and equity intersect.
What Fractional Leadership Looks Like
🪲 Operational Leadership
Turning complexity into clarity. Translating evolving strategy into workflows, aligned teams, and measurable outcomes.
Creating systems that make innovation sustainable—not exhausting.
🦋 Strategic Communications
Crafting the narrative that holds an organization together.
Uncredited ghostwriting for C-suite leaders, board materials, speeches, high-stakes internal communications, and thought leadership that reflects your values—not just your voice.
🐞 Project & Change Management
Guiding cross-functional efforts with transparency, structure, and care.
Empowering teams through collaborative tools, accessible processes, and people-first continuous improvement.
What This Looks Like in Practice
Early in one engagement, I watched a CEO say yes to everything—every opportunity, every request, every appearance. On paper it looked like momentum. In practice, they were burning through capacity and missing the commitments that actually moved the needle.
Once we'd built enough trust, I shifted strategy: I started protecting their time as aggressively as they'd been giving it away. We built structured sprints with recovery built in, ran post-mortems to identify what was generating results versus noise, and I got comfortable being the person who said no. Because no one was. And that was a disservice.
When we did less, we achieved more—the right engagements, the right visibility, the outcomes that actually mattered to the bottom line.
Part of what made that work was credibility. I've navigated these dynamics before—at the highest levels, with the highest stakes. They trusted I could see what they couldn't.
How a Fractional Executive Supports Your Organization
Provides leadership continuity during staffing transitions
Builds or stabilizes marketing, communications, or operations functions
Brings immediate structure to fast-growing teams
Supports CEOs and boards who need a trusted, discreet partner
Embeds equity into decision-making, communication, and team culture
Pushes high-impact work forward without burnout or chaos
A Narrative-Driven Strategist
Every transformation—organizational, operational, or cultural—has a story behind it.
Hasina helps shape that story by documenting the why, aligning the how, and elevating the voices at the center of the impact.
Fractional Chief of Staff
Strategic partnership for founders and executive directors who need clarity, structure, and momentum.
Let’s explore whether fractional leadership can support your next season of growth.
Bzz-bzz! 🐝